In the latest trailer for hellish survival title, Agony, we see that players can be the demonic hammer as well as the nail. Along with possessing the wayward souls of the underworld, they can also take control of some of its more powerful demons, giving them access to greater strength and …
Read More »Not all Nintendo Switch games will support TV Mode
The Nintendo Switch is based on a very interesting concept, with Nintendo attempting to use the console to bridge the gap between handheld and traditional console gaming. However, it turns out that not all Switch games will be required to support the console's TV mode, meaning there will be some …
Read More »Middle Earth: Shadow of War is an ‘Xbox Play Anywhere’ title, PC requirements confirmed
Yesterday we received the official announcement for Middle Earth: Shadow of War, a sequel to the highly rated 2014 game, Shadow of Mordor. We have already had an awesome looking trailer and confirmation of an August release date but now, we have a few more details about the game, including …
Read More »Studio Wildcard to pay modders $4,000 a month to complete their mods
If you've ever wanted to invest more time in a modification but can't afford to because of work commitments, Studio Wildcard wants to help. Moving forward, it will select 15 modders a month to give $4,000 (£3,220) to, to help them complete their mods, with the potential that they become …
Read More »Soon you will be able to buy games directly through Twitch streamers
Twitch is often a platform used to not only stream games, but to promote them too. Many game publishers will pay for sponsored streams of their games to help drum up sales and soon, you will be able to buy those games directly through Twitch as well. Today, Twitch announced …
Read More »Middle Earth: Shadow of War announced, release date confirmed with new trailer
Update: Following the leak over the weekend, it looks like Warner Bros has pulled the trigger early on Shadow of Mordor's sequel announcement. As previously reported, the next game in the series is called ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of War' and there is already a trailer for it, confirming the story …
Read More »Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor sequel leaked, set to launch this year
It looks like we can expect a Shadow of Mordor sequel announcement this year as Monolith's next game appears to have leaked over the weekend. Rather than being titled ‘Shadow of Mordor 2', the game's sequel will instead be called ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of War' and will focus on Talion's …
Read More »Mass Effect Andromeda video shows off new combat, system requirements released
Mass Effect Andromeda is coming out very soon, which means it is time for Bioware to start unveiling new gameplay, alongside other important details like PC system requirements. Not only has a new Mass Effect Andromeda trailer dropped this week, but now we also know what hardware we are going to …
Read More »Valve to appeal $3 million fine from Australian Federal Court
Back in December, an Australian federal court ordered a $3 million fine against Valve after finding that the company had breached Australian Consumer Law between 2011 and 2014. This had been an on-going case for some time and was a huge factor in Valve's decision to finally start offering refunds …
Read More »Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons appear to be having some issues
The Nintendo Switch is coming out in just a couple of weeks, which means plenty of press outlets already have units in hand and are preparing reviews. Unfortunately, it looks like some of those with early units are experiencing a concerning issue with the Joy-Con controller as several prominent members …
Read More »A Cloudflare bug has exposed passwords and sensitive data, lots of sites affected
It looks like Cloudflare has been suffering from a bug recently, causing the passwords, cookies and tokens used to authenticate users by millions of sites to leak. Cloudflare is a security and performance tool that is used by 5.5 million websites, including big names like Reddit, Discord, Patreon and more. …
Read More »Halo 6 will bring back the series’ much loved split-screen mode
Back when 343 Industries was building up to the launch of Halo 5, one of the big negatives against the game was the lack of split screen. Split screen and couch co-op has been a major part of the main Halo games ever since Combat Evolved so quite a few …
Read More »Dead Rising 4 is coming to Steam next month
It looks like Dead Rising 4 is finally making its way over to Steam after a brief stint as a ‘Windows 10' exclusive as part of Microsoft's exclusivity deal with Capcom. Dead Rising 4 initially launched on Xbox One and Windows 10 back on the 6th of December but the …
Read More »After initial post-launch dip, For Honor player numbers are relatively steady on PC
Following controversy surrounding Ubisoft's quoting of player numbers in some of its other games, it's been much more forthcoming with For Honor. That's meant we can keep a much better eye on how many people are actually playing and though there's been a bit of a drop off since it …
Read More »Troll and I trailer shows asymmetrical coop gameplay
Troll and I is a game that we first had a look at back at EGX 2016 in the Leftfield collection and it looked and played well then. Now though we're just a few weeks away from its official release, so Maximum Games' latest trailer is giving us a much …
Read More »Quite a few countries are facing a Steam price hike
It looks like new tax jurisdictions on digital goods are coming in to play in several countries, forcing Valve to raise Steam prices across the board in ten different countries. Most countries on the list will see Steam game prices rise by well over ten percent, while some others will …
Read More »Digital Homicide’s crazy $15 million lawsuit against Jim Sterling has been dropped
Digital Homicide, the studio perhaps most famous for releasing bad games and then trying to take legal action against those with negative feedback, recently had one of its two massive lawsuits dismissed. Last year, Digital Homicide's James Romine filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against game critic Jim Sterling but this …
Read More »Twitch streamer dies after 22 hours straight gaming
Although gaming isn't as harmful for you as the tabloids would suggest, marathon sessions do seem to have some potential for health concerns. In the case of one Twitch streamer, fatally so, as 22 hours into a 25 hour gaming marathon, he died from what are currently considered unknown causes. …
Read More »Microsoft will be releasing two major Windows 10 updates this year
Microsoft has been drip feeding us details about the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update for a few months now and while it is set to be a major update, Microsoft does have more planned for the rest of 2017. The Creators Update will bring along native Windows support for things …
Read More »Bethesda’s Fallout VR is ‘going great’ but there is still no set release date
Last year, Bethesda announced that it would be reworking Fallout 4 and DOOM for virtual reality and while things have been fairly quiet on that front since, this week, Todd Howard opened up a bit more about it. It turns out that right now, the entirety of Fallout 4 is …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV’s 60 frames per second patch isn’t very good
Yesterday, the long awaited 60 frames per second patch for the PS4 Pro version of Final Fantasy XV launched. The patch changes the ‘lite mode' within the game options, which previously gave 1080p visuals at 30 frames per second. Now, the visuals remain at 1080p in lite mode but the …
Read More »Humble Freedom Bundle sends more than $6.5 million to charity
The Humble Freedom Bundle has proved to be the second most popular in the history of the platform, generating more than $6.5 million for charity and selling 200,000+ bundles. The only bundle to have a better showing was the Humble Origin bundle, which generated more than $10 million in 2013. …
Read More »Manga impacted differently by piracy, depending on whether it’s finished
Completed manga comic series fare far better with piracy than those series which are ongoing, according to a new study. Research suggests that manga readers will more readily pirate content if a series is still ongoing, but if it's completed, they might not know it existed without a pirated version. The relationship …
Read More »Nintendo Switch boxes are beautiful, but have a lot of wasted space
Taking advantage of the fact that the cartridges for the Nintendo Switch are some of the smallest of any console to date, Nintendo has printed some beautiful artwork inside the cases. However, it does seem like rather a lot of plastic for something that occupies barely one per cent of …
Read More »Binding of Isaac Switch port will miss launch, but comes with instruction booklet
The port of Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ for the upcoming Nintendo Switch, will not be a launch title as originally intended. Although the game's publisher, Nicalis, still claims the game will debut on the new-gen system in March, it won't quite be ready for the originally planned release date of …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands’ PC requirements are nicely detailed
Ghost Recon Wildlands is coming out in just a few weeks but before you head into the desert to take down the drug cartel, you may want to check you have the right tools for the job. Ubisoft has revealed Ghost Recon Wildland's full PC system requirements, giving you recommended …
Read More »The EU is still concerned about user privacy on Windows 10
The European Union's data protection watchdog appears to still be concerned about Windows 10 and Microsoft's privacy settings. Several countries within the EU have taken issue with Windows 10's privacy policies over the last year and while some changes have been made, it appears that the union isn't satisfied just …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV patch lets PS4 Pro Lite Mode hit 60 FPS
If you are a bigger fan of frame rates than you are visual fidelity, the new patch for Final Fantasy XV will give you a chance to hit something a little smoother than the 30 FPS you've been used to. On PS4 Pro consoles, gamers can now expect to hit …
Read More »Nintendo claims early Switch was stolen, user returns it
Last week we got our first real look at the back-end menu system of Nintendo's upcoming Switch console, thanks to one lucky owner who claimed to have received it several weeks early. However the story surrounding that console has taken a darker turn, as Nintendo is now claiming that the …
Read More »For Honor balance changes will fix Valkyrie, Peacekeeper and guardbreak counters
For Honor has proved an impressively popular brawler, despite what many people feel are a few key problems with balancing. Ubisoft is listening to the community though and has announced plans for a number of tweaks to specific characters that will arrive in the upcoming updates. “We are excited to …
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